Book on 19th century American paper

I am delighted to announce the long-anticipated publication of
Cathleen A. Baker's book: From the Hand to the Machine.
Nineteenth-Century American Paper and Mediums: Technologies,
Materials, and Conservation.

    Cathleen A. Baker
    From the Hand to the Machine. Nineteenth-Century American Paper
    and Mediums: Technologies, Materials, and Conservation.
    Ann Arbor, Mich.: The Legacy Press, 2010.
    ISBN-13: 978-0-9797974-2-2 (cloth). 432 pp. $65.

The book may be purchased from The Legacy Press
<URL:http://www.thelegacypress.com/>

Building on over 40 years of experience as a paper conservator,
teacher, and researcher, Dr. Baker has created an accessible and
readable history and reference book for conservators, curators,
archivists, librarians, private collectors, and artists. It traces
the technology of paper and the related trades of printing,
printmaking, and drawing through a century of intense technological
innovation and social change-with consequences that reach down to
the present day. While the focus is on nineteenth-century American
papers, the descriptions of paper, hand and machine papermaking
technologies, and the interactions between paper and mediums provide
a foundation of understanding for any conservator working with
paper, both unbound and bound material. The chapters on conservation
relate specific characteristics of paper and its deterioration to
treatment options and decision-making. The 400+ page text is
illustrated with over 500 images.

Table of Contents

    Preface and Acknowledgements

    Introduction

    Chapter 1   Development of the Paper Industry in the United
                States, 1690-1900
    Chapter 2   Rag Preparation

    Chapter 3   Papermaking by Hand and by Machine

    Chapter 4   Processing Innovations and New Fiber Sources

    Chapter 5   Paper Characteristics

    Chapter 6   Relief Printing

    Chapter 7   Intaglio, Lithography, and Photomechanical
                Reproductions

    Chapter 8   Writing and Drawing Mediums, and Decorated Papers

    Chapter 9   Conservation of Nineteenth-Century Paper and Mediums

    Appendix A  Papyrus, Parchment, and Pith "Paper"

    Appendix B  Contemporary Accounts of Papermaking by Hand and by
                Machine
    Appendix C  Names and Dimensions of Typical Nineteenth-Century
                Papers
    Appendix D  Testing Methods

    Appendix E  Cellulose Degradation

    Appendix F  Preservation Recommendations

    Glossary

    Bibliography

    Index

    Permissions and Colophon

Also available at this website is information about a forthcoming
(December 2010) book by Julia Miller, Books Will Speak Plain: A
Handbook for Identifying and Describing Historical Bindings.

Shannon Zachary
Head, Preservation and Conservation
University Library, University of Michigan


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